Renault Laguna Diesal Estate - Opinions?

Mudd14

I am looking for a family car thats a diesal and have seen the Renault Laguna Tourer that looks pretty nice. I have lways said I would own a nother french car but for the price and spec it seems the front runner.

Parkers say they have problems with the electrics and gear box's I wondered if anyone had any real experiences with them?

Or can anyone recommend a good family car with the following requirements;

Under 85k miles
Between 2000-3000
Not older than 2001
Diesal
Estate

harveybobbles

Don't get a Laguna 2001 onwards" They are dire!
They aint very big either!
They are full of hundreds of electrical problems that don't go away!

For 3000 you could get a fairly decent Passat tdi estate.

hartcjhart

harveybobbles wrote: »

Don't get a Laguna 2001 onwards" They are dire!
They aint very big either!
They are full of hundreds of electrical problems that don't go away!

For 3000 you could get a fairly decent Passat tdi estate.

and lets not forget the turbo that likes to blow its pants off:mad:

Inactive

Let's not forget it is a Renault.;)

Lemonade_Pockets

The renault appreciation society is out in force i see.

Laguna's are great for mile munching and reasonably roomy.

The diesel engines are good. 1.9dci 120 is the one to go for and well proven, pretty reliable engine.

However as mentioned they do tend to have a lot of niggles....mainly electronic.

On balance i'd say stay away as they are little less reliable than other marques.

Allthough don't buy a VW et al expecting it to be bomb proof, you only need to search VW on here to see some of the crap they produce too.

cyclonebri1

Lemonade_Pockets wrote: »

The renault appreciation society is out in force i see.

Laguna's are great for mile munching and reasonably roomy.

The diesel engines are good. 1.9dci 120 is the one to go for and well proven, pretty reliable engine.

However as mentioned they do tend to have a lot of niggles....mainly electronic.

On balance i'd say stay away as they are little less reliable than other marques.

Allthough don't buy a VW et al expecting it to be bomb proof, you only need to search VW on here to see some of the crap they produce too.

The Laguna of this period can be crap. Even a good one is inferior to the later Megane sports tourer, more load space in direct comparison, etc

Need a budget to be honest?

Please take anything Inactive says with a "slight" pinch of salt, he was once poisoned by frogs legs you see, , infact he still has them. Master of the one sentence put down, but we still love him, ;) :rolleyes::rotfl:

hartcjhart

I am not against renauklts totally,just the newer models,my 1998 laguna td estate was excellent,very roomy,very reliable,and very economical:beer::beer:

Lemonade_Pockets

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

The Laguna of this period can be crap. Even a good one is inferior to the later Megane sports tourer, more load space in direct comparison, etc

I'm not sure how you come to this conclusion. (ignorning electrical issues) I'd much prefer a laguna. All the seats are better, it has a better ride and i can't remember the stats but i'm pretty sure its load capacity is better than a megane ST.

I'm a big Renault fan although admittedly despite driving them continously over a five year period i've never had to deal with "ownership problems". Allthough i can say in the average 0-3 months old that i had them for they were faultless! :rotfl:Except the ones with a FAP filter, avoid them like the plague...USELESS.

Inactive

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Please take anything Inactive says with a "slight" pinch of salt, he was once poisoned by frogs legs you see, , infact he still has them. Master of the one sentence put down, but we still love him, ;) :rolleyes::rotfl:

:rotfl:

Inactive

Come on, be honest, all Renaults are crap.;)

Nissan's were excellent cars until they got stitched in with Renault, now Nissan's are as bad as Renault's.

harveybobbles

Any car that had a FAP is quite irritating!